GEG-1 final

a steady state of the biological community of plants and animals. A reached potential.

What are the transitional zones between biomes?

The sunny, south-facing side of a mountain or mountain valley

A plant that has seeds unprotected by an ovary or fruit; example: conifers, cycads, and ginkgo.

Relationship between two species in which one species benefits to the disadvantage of the other

Organisms that live in the water but that either can't swim or cannot swim faster than currents

A small flowerless green plant which comprises of mosses and liverworts

Which is not a role of water in plants?

A plant that has flowers and produces seeds enclosed within a carpel (fruit, vegetable, etc).

A species of plant that has adapted to survive in an environment with little liquid water

What do we call plants that need to be replanted every year?

_______ has the arctic climate. The ground is permanently frozen

Relationship where one species gains benefits from the other species. Doesn't benefit the other

The biome in which the vegetation is dominated by grasses

Organisms that live on or in the seafloor sediment

What do we call the total weight of desiccated plant life?

A plant that needs very little water

What do we call the response to changes in light availability?

What do we call organisms that produce their own food?

What do we call the geographic study of living organisms?

What is the main energy source for the biosphere?

Plants that regrow every spring

On Earth's surface, where is the majority of carbon stored?

What type of weather are scrublands found in?

_____ occur in tropical and subtropical parts where torrential rains fall practically every day

A relationship where both species benefit from the relationship

____ is a mountain slope which receives little sunshine

Fundamental climatic conditions of a _____ are cold winters, warm summers, and well spaced rain

What is the ratio of plant and animal species on Earth?

What is an example of a succulent?

a tree that bears cones and evergreen needlelike or scalelike leaves.

What are herbivores?

What do you call the total complex of plant and animal life?

Which element is fixed by bacteria in nodules of certain plants?

What has caused the increased amount of carbon in our atmosphere in the last 100 years?

___ is characterized by intense sunshine, very hot days, and the evaporation rate is very high.

The interface between land and a river or stream

In vertical zonation, changes in altitude are very similar to

Of all the incoming solar energy received, how much of it is fixed by photosynthesis?

What element is photosynthesis fixing?

This is a biome of long, severe winters and few months of summer. Limited growing seasons.

_______ plants are plants that have no persistent woody stem above ground.

Concerning the biosphere, what are geographers interested in?

Organisms that are found in the water column and can swim freely and faster than currents

What do we call organisms that do not produce their own food?

(of an animal) dependent on or capable of the internal generation of heat